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Recent Examples of midwife
The practice was first recommended to her by a midwife, along with specific guidelines.
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Bowman, a longtime nurse midwife at Charleston Birth Place, a birth center, remembers those conversations with Wardlaw about Green Smith.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Smith was a former midwife and maternal rights advocate that died after giving birth to her own child.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
As Melanie Jackson, PhD, a private midwife, notes, free births are different from home births.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Dec. 2025
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Bowman, a longtime nurse midwife at Charleston Birth Place, a birth center, remembers those conversations with Wardlaw about Green Smith.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Smith was a former midwife and maternal rights advocate that died after giving birth to her own child.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
As Melanie Jackson, PhD, a private midwife, notes, free births are different from home births.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
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Unlike with an infection, where doctors can use an objective blood test to pinpoint the bacteria or virus causing the problem, there are few simple tests to determine what kind of mental health disorder someone has.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Then, in the fifth century BCE, came the Greek doctor Hippocrates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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As with most pregnancy symptoms, not everyone experiences it, but pregnancy glow is definitely a real thing, says Tania Lopez, CNM, certified nurse-midwife at Pediatrix Medical Group in Fort Worth, Texas.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
23 Dec. 2025
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More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
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Art enthusiasts Hans Ottinot, a prominent Broward attorney, and Nelson Adams, a Miami obstetrician associated with Jackson Memorial, are central to the museum’s dream team.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, certified nurse-midwives deliver babies and provide prenatal and postpartum care, especially in areas where there are few obstetricians.—
Kymberlee Montgomery,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026
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For nearly a millennia and half, even in the centuries when physicians were beginning to supplant priests in treating the ill, epileptic convulsions (unexpected, frightening, enigmatic) remained the territory of the priest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Todd Randall Wilcox, a correctional health-care physician and the former president of the American College of Correctional Physicians, reviewed the medical records associated with Roque Campos’s hospital visits, as part of expert testimony for the class-action suit.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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That's a remarkably wide release for a documentary — a film form which rarely exerts the same box office pull as fiction features — meaning Melania will be easier to see on the big screen than most docs.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Another doc that Campfire is making fits somewhere in the true-crime space, albeit in a financial sense.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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The pediatricians’ group also continues to recommend the long-standing practice of a single shot combining the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and varicella vaccines in order to limit the number of jabs children get.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since then, the organization has been at the forefront of vaccine recommendations to help guide pediatricians' care for their patients and families.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
26 Jan. 2026
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Two Burt’s Bees veterans and a gynecologist are looking to crack the code of menopausal beauty.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Regular visits with a gynecologist or other clinician remain important for addressing other aspects of health.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
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The Mentor Fire Department medics transported both girls to TriPoint Medical Center for evaluation, where no injuries were reported.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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After being attended to by medics, Vonn was able to ski slowly down to the finish line but was clearly feeling discomfort.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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